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What are you UP for?

Getting a great degree in half the time? Earning your degree online from home or studying at a campus close to home or work? Or a flexible schedule that fits with your work, personal and family life? Maybe you’re up for small class sizes, hands-on learning and a unique perspective from instructors that share your worldview? Whatever you’re up for, our Center for Extended Learning offers accredited degree programs designed to serve the unique needs and learning styles of busy people like you.

The RC Advantage

Earn your degree in as little as 18 months
Our accelerated classes make getting the degree you want more convenient and affordable with online/campus courses that are completed in just eight weeks!

More credit for prior learning = shorter path to graduation
Get a head start on your degree by transferring up to 90 credits from other schools – that’s more than most colleges typically recognize. Plus, you can even earn credit for your work and life learning.

Complete your degree on your schedule

Cohort-based Programs
Cohort-based programs at Rochester College are designed to help ease you back into school while learning alongside like-minded classmates. A cohort of classmates work through an academic tract as a unit. You build lifelong relationships and connections because the people you meet on day one are the same people you walk with on stage to receive your diploma.Another distinct advantage of cohort learning is that your educational path is mapped out from start to finish. This model allows you to plan for financial aid, class dates and times, and set an expected completion date.

Thus, cohort learning will help you stay organized, plan ahead and work with other students who have similar goals and plans for their lives. You can easily view the cohort scheduling for each major by visiting the degree plan page under the programs tab.

Move UP

Whether you prefer online, in-class or a combination of the two, we offer accelerated BBA and BS degrees in a wide range of disciplines that will enhance your skills and help you move up in your job, bump up in pay, or even switch up your career.

Ready to get stated? Or do you still have a few questions? If so, contact your admissions adviser and they’ll help you with anything else you need.

With four locations in the Metro Detroit Area, we’re just a step away.

We offer programs at our main campus in Rochester Hills, at Macomb Community College in Clinton Township, at Mott Community College in Flint, and at Specs Howard School of Media Arts in Southfield. Since juggling work and a family can be a real challenge, we also offer a variety of online classes that support the degree programs offered at these locations:

Rochester Hills (Main Campus)

Clinton Twp (Macomb Community College)

Southfield (Specs Howard)

Flint (Mott Community College)

Don’t let financial worries hold UP your dreams.

At Rochester College, we’re sensitive to the fact that with a career, work or a family to raise, returning to school might not seem like it’s in the budget right now. That’s why we offer numerous financial aid options that allow you to pay for college without draining your retirement account or forcing you to shoulder overwhelming college loans.

Over 80% of our CEL students receive some kind of financial aid.

You can afford a degree! We’ll show you how:

CEL students can pay for their education in three convenient ways:

Financial Aid

Personal Payment Plans

Third-Party Assistance (such as employer reimbursement or No Worker Left Behind)

Contact our Student Financial Services at (800) 521-6010 (option #2) or email sfs@rc.edu and we’ll happily take the time to make sure you understand your options.

Listen UP to what other students are saying.

Aaron Wood and Karen Weier gained their degrees and so much more at Rochester College. Click below to meet Aaron and Karen and hear their stories!

If you like what you’ve heard, feel free to call your admissions adviser to answer any more questions you may have, or fill out the form if you’re ready to get started today!